From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmorphologymor‧phol‧o‧gy /mɔːˈfɒlədʒi $ mɔːrˈfɑː-/ noun (plural morphologies) technical1[uncountable]SL the study of the morphemes of a language and of the way in which they are joined together to make words → syntax2[uncountable]HB the scientific study of the form and structure of animals and plants3[countable, uncountable]SYSTEM the structure of an object or system or the way it was formed —morphological /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ ˌmɔːrfəˈlɑː-/ adjectivethe morphological features of cells —morphologically /-kli/ adverb